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TIL that Russell-Whitehead spent 300 pages in their seminal work Principia Mathematica proving that 1+1=2.

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DZGr TIL that it’s possible to produce x-rays by simply unrolling scotch tape
e0j7D TIL Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery due to Alabama's Habitual Offender rule because he had prior non-violent convictions. His change dot org petition has 2.3 million signatures (including mine!)
e0AoD TIL that the survival rate on the Titanic was 61% for the first-class passengers - but only 23% for the third-class passengers.
lYw5 TIL scientists have identified a 20 foot tall fossil in Saudi Arabia as a giant mushroom, which was likely the largest organism in the world at the time.
xVyrb TIL men can be allergic to their own semen, which can be remedied by desensitizing them to it via repeated injections of small diluted doses of it under their skin.